Bill Cote is the owner of BC Video, a New York City based television production company, specializing in reality-based documentary and sustainable programming. Its principals are Bill Cote (director/producer), John Cheshire (writer/producer), and Carol Cote (art director/photograper). They produced, wrote and directed the Network Special, The Mystery of The Sphinx, which was hosted by Charlton Heston, aired on NBC in 1993 and was nominated for two Emmy Awards, winning one for research. It received a 13.5 rating and a 20 share, airing on a Wednesday night, at 9PM.
They also produced and directed another special for NBC, The Mysterious Origins of Man, which was also hosted by Charlton Heston and aired in 1996 on a Sunday Night at 7 PM receiving a 6.2 rating and an 11 share against CBS's 60 Minutes. These shows, produced by BC Video, have stirred considerable controversy and continue to provoke interest on the Internet, in newspapers, magazines and in the classroom.
We can produce your next video for the home video market, industrial, corporate or educational uses, and broadcast or video streaming on the net. Learn more about some of our recent projects.
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The Mysterious Stone Statues of Markawasi Peru.This is possibly the only video about a strange plateau in Peru where faces are carved into the living rock. They defy explanation because of their similarity to images from distant Easter Island and Egypt. One startling statue looks uncannily like the so-called Face on Mars! For The Documentary Channel.
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Jazz In The Present Tense. Interviews for 3 part documentary on the current state of Jazz. Produced by Icons Among Us and Paradigm Studios for The Documentary Channel.
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Innovations for an Urban World. 24 Minute video on Urban Sustainability, produced in co-operation with The Rockefeller Foundation and Columbia Univeristy.
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Making Real The Dream Tribute to Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. sponsored by The Opportunity Agenda and featuring Ruby Dee.
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The Other Nostsradamus, Edgar Cayce: premiered on The History Channel, Nov. 28, 2005. Interviews with Dr. Robert Schoch about his geological research around The Sphinx which supports Cayce's predictions about a Hall Of Records from Atlantis.
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Fashion: Narciso Rodriguez fashion show, for Swarovski Crystals, NYC.
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Infomercials (Crunch Gyms, Helen Morely Gowns, Register.Com, CitiBank, WestPoint Stevens, China Tourist Board, Cambio Jeans) for Platinum Television, Boca Raton, FL
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The Art of Peace: Survival Skills for the Third Millennium - Interviews for a two-part PBS Special which interviews Nobel Prize Laureate Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama and Dr. Mary Ann Hopkins of the Nobel Prize winning organization, Doctors Without Borders. We talk to peacemakers who see the shift from adversarialism to mutuality as essential to our survival.
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Universal Meditation Masters: An Interfaith Meditation Experience - A five hour series for The Tibet Center and The Temple of Understanding, directed by Emily Squires, Emmy-Award winning director of Sesame Street. Includes interviews with Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan and Sri Swami Satchidananda.
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Seated Yoga and Bed Top Yoga - Featuring Yoga instructor Carol Dickman, these two instructional videos demonstrate how the principles of Yoga can be used in the comfort of your chair or bed. For a nation of people too busy to excersize, New York Times health editor Andrea Higbie called this program "the ultimate workout."
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The Healing Power of Flowers - From a grant provided by the Concordia Foundation, BC Video produced, wrote and edited this internationally acclaimed one-hour documentary. Tells the story of Dr. Judy Griffin's journey into the mystical world of flowers and how they taught her to heal. It also stories of Dorothy Maclean, co-founder of Scotland's Findhorn Gardens, Eliot Cowan's miraculous work with Plant Spirit Medicine, and Dr. Mitchell L. Gaynor's pioneering work with Tibetan Singing Bowls and Aromatherapy at New York's Strang-Cornell Cancer Prevention Center. #1 best-seller on The Documentary Channel.
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Life on Mars? New Scientific Evidence - Historic news conference with Dr. Tom Van Flandern and ex-Apollo Astronaut, Dr. Brian O'Leary. They examine photos from the recent Mars Global Surveyor mission and find signs of artificial intelligence.
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Video Streaming for paraview.com - This innovative site offers literary properties, books, ebooks, streaming and television documentaries that focus on the frontiers of science, business, health, and spirituality. BC Video produced, edited and streamed video clips including interviews with Jewel, Caroline Myss, Christine Northrup, Gary Zukav, Dean Radin and Graham Hancock.
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Wisdom at Work - A four-part series on Sustainable Business, featuring Jeffrey Hollender (Seventh Generation), Gary Hirshberg (Stoneyfield Farms), Mo Siegel (Celestial Seasonings) and Lester Brown (Earth Policy Institute). Aired on the Wisdom Network.
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Life is not a Stress Rehearsal- A one-woman comedy act with Loretta Laroche, at Carolines Comedy Club, in New York City. Loretta pokes fun at diet, meditation and other New Age fads, For the Wisdom Network.
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Wisdom Holiday Special - A two-hour music special hosted by Robin Crow (Dark Horse Recording), and Lenedra Carroll (Jewel's mom). Original Christmas songs and heart-warming stories of love for the holidays. For the Wisdom Network.
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An Intimate Evening With Nhojj - The versatile singer entertains his friends in a private performance, with four original songs by Nhojj (www.nhojj.com).
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Sermons with Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr. - A series of inspirirational sermons by Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr., Riverside Church NYC. Includes interviews with Rev. Desmond Tutu, produced for CM Productions, and Riverside Church.